HIV/AIDS Status in Africa

This lesson was created by Steve Knoche (Davenport Community School District) for students from ninth to twelfth grade. As a result of this lesson plan, students will understand the rate of HIV/AIDS in the continent of Africa and compare that to other parts of the world.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Other Discipline

Theme

Environmental

Population

Region

Africa

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

Region

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

12. The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations